Let the duration of each period, when there are 9 periods a day in the school, be x minutes. The following table is obtained.
Duration of each period (in minutes)
45
x
Number of...
Explanation
(A) Yb3+ < Pm3+ < Ce3+ < La3+
Lanthanide contraction is observed in these ions, i.e., ionic radius decreases as atomic number increases.
(a) Period 1 has 2 elements while period 2 and period 3 have 8 elements each.
(b) Hydrogen and helium
(c) The elements at the end of period 2 and Period 3...
(a) On moving from left to right in a period of the periodic table, the atomic size decreases. As we move from left to right in a period, the atomic...